Text chart for phonographs



13, 1 931. D TULcl-"N 1,788,784 u TEXT vCHART FOR PHoNocTRAPHs FiledAug. 28, 1926 winni I:

l "Hmmm v Suben/Coz Y lt isa primary object'of the iriventionjto,` isdisposed along arcs'v 2l corresponding to, f t provide a,phonographaccessory byn'rhi'oh .the approximate -clurvature of the`associated the text of orfassociatedfwith therecord' mayplayinggroovesof they record. -With rec-r v be y(-*Jonveniently read afsthe playing 'oi'i; the orde thedimension,s,in ordinary vuse the 5 recordprogresses, vand, injvvhich theftextjasf letter-*slof the printed Wordsmayrbe'and 5;5 V- j sociated lWith the particularl passage beingvv'perferablyl,arel approximately 3/321high`: j

played at any instant isy automatically 'indi-1 .(brevier type) vtheteXt being on lines spaced' v cated. l f n g j y Y `5/32fap'arttherebeing approximatelyf u y It islanotherob'ject to provide 'anacces'soryWordsr to the line. `vv'The printedtext ris `thus* '10 of thel charactermentio-ned'o. extremely Aeasily,legilalej By" placing less vvorl'spnfa:en simpleconstructionreadily applicable toanyV line,i even larger typemaybensed, Ibut y conventional. 'construction of' phonograph have foundthearrangement specified Satie? f withoutmodification 'or mutilationfjofthe!Vfactorylorinypurpose. e' j r I' Y latter.VIV 'l 1 Y -l -p'l y i Bytheiarrangement "sety forththe stylus of Y l 15 While the inventionisnlof:v general appli?y `thevplaying phonographservesYaS infin-dex" 65-n 'j cation forphonographicrecords oall types, orfp'ointefrforindicating the lineat" which itises'peeially serviceable i'ntheuseof'forthe instrument i's'playingfy; i eign language instructionrecordsandfor the Y For correctly disposing 'the chart'- relatiiffe`singing accompaniment offinusical recovrd'vs, to the record, I kmayemploy, a'rs'n'ppor't f 20 In the accompanying drawings: e structurecomprising a sector-*shaped plate 76M" u Fig. l is a plan view oaphonograph with 'of4 sheet metal 25 having legs 2'6`and feet'QT lmyattachment applied andlin use, 1` of friction material, 'so as to have astabley Fig. 2 is ay perspective view of the attach- Vsupportonjthemotorboard, the outer arc28 t 7 ment apart from thc`ph0z110g1'ph,`I ofthe sector crresponding lto Vtliatjjoi the l {z5- Fig. 3 is applanviewfvof an alternative turntable andextendingin close proximity 75 .v

' v'forin offthe invention, and; thereto f*Preferably theinnerendorgapei' s Figlie aside elevation showing a Vfu'r- 29 ofthesectorfsjrounded in' 'theior'mfof i ther alternative embodiment-`y u V`u aneyeletfas'shownl and has a4 depressionor Referring novv tothedravving`s5yl' have bearing,SOinitsfunder Snrface forestontop`y e 3oShowninfie l aconventonal 1110tor`boa`rd @fthe rotating turntable Shaft'enana The' so :j Y 1:0l Withfa turn table '511oper-ated` from ,2Llateral: edgeof these'ctor-Shaped snp'port is turntable Shaft 11,"arecordl-2 being-shown liareierably curved, as shown at Blalong'jthe j iV'.lfl ,191306. th'eeOIlefThe vcon,ventionl"tolle locusftraversed"by:the stylus, 'asthefplrono-K i 'armV 13 isshovvnpivoted. at lgtliesoundboxy graph-p1ay'g`-f, The lhfthag a @Orregpondg j l. 'appears 'at'15 andthe,Stylusitherecfat16;VL ing enryaturexeiijandisirmly and.accusa- According to myf invention, thereis kpro-Yratelyheld'onfth'e'supportby gintegrai'clips y vided'orfeachrecord, a ycard or chartlvQQof or tongues "32 Astruck up "olrout therefrom..Cardboard,vcelluloidor thelike; onvvhich the `Preferably`the outerrimfor are of'thevtext i texaiverbal or muScal, 0f Or asso'ated Withchart, that sjthe partexte'nding beyondthej 4o therecordis'diSApOSeCL'SO tll'atfechwdi'd," reeord'rn-1j5jcarries fthett-lferandrnumb'er er 9o `musical"notation5`r orjjpassagefiereadilyoortheifec-rd`asat23- v l y relatedv byy theu'ser- Withfthe record`groove yIt'fvvill be clear, thatfeaehjrec'ordhasfan associatedfwith orplaying the fs'a1ne. For associated teilt`c11iart120` For use, the'chartv Y QQhveIe'nce, the chart is of;sector-Shapaerci the recordbeingpayedisslpped'nfplaee tendngthlmlgh anfalgle, pf'erably COH- betvveentongues' 32,` and'.l the support is 95 SdlMY lSS than 180 degiGGS'directly V placed upon the inotorboar'd l0, itsgedgel' 'hiTeCOrd beingplayed, Vso 4that aperson atv being brought against the stylus 16,:andthe Y oneside of the phonograph'canreadilyread apex 290i th'efsupportbeing superposed'fover Y e 'the text'on the chart Withoutliaving toturnthe turntable shaft, e'nCLg` '3 l 50jor crane his neck, Preferably thetext 22 `A person .staiidingyat the vside4 of the .100 j vor" mephonograph then has an unimpeded View of the teit appearing on the chartand the,A stylus at any instant will point to the line being played. Theutility of this device for the learning of foreign languages byphonograph records willv be immediately apparent. The attachmentalsofhas utility for singing of songs vwith musical `a'ccoinpanimentplayed by a phonograph'recerd. t will be understood that the chart maybeemployed to give directions at definite partsiof a record to students orentertainers,fwitli or without 'other text, but the inventionhasa prefvferredapplication for the precisepurposes 1^ A I 'Y 'Y auf: lvS'c-ei.V

TiWhile l have shown and described vthe chart support as aremovableseparable ele-V ment, it will be uiiderstood that thisV supportmay be screwed or otherwise affixed permanently to the niotoiboai'd.V inthat ease, the central or turntable shaft bearing il vwould be omittedin Vorder 'to facilitate placing the edge of the record' under the.

chart support and passingtlie central hole of the record overtlieltuintable shaft end.

l Vhave shown the record chart with both of its edges 3l and 81a curved.rlhis is done not only for attractiveness appearance, but Valso forrenderingconvenient the alternative'use AVof either side of a text chartprintedV on both sides. This would be ofY .utility for two-facedrecords, asis apparent,

andwould also be ofutility forA the text in two Ydifferent languages.for singing accom.

l paniinent of a musical record.

. embodiment a pair of posts andy 36 VAare afiized preferablybyiosciewing the lower ends thereofv (not shown) into the motor'- boardarlie record V chart is provided with corresponding apertures to be.brought into registry over the ends of the posts, andthe apex 29 of thechart hasv a similar aperture passed over the end of the turntableshaft. The chart thus Vrests directly upon the turningV record 'but isheld against movement byv the support postsV and by the turntable shaft.

' In Fig. Ll is shown a still further embodiment in which the recordchart l202 whichA is. illustratively shown as terminating short of theturntable shaft i12' is held at its outer curved edge between the jaws37 of a spring clamp, provided with a support leg 38 attached at itslower flanged end 29 to the motorboard asby means of screw 40. Theembodiments of record chart-holding means shown aielargely illustrativeand ous Vother manners of disposing the chartv incorrect relation withrespect to the record will v4readily suggest themselves.

T '1' u .LY 1.41 it win teus be seen that tneie is heiein rdescribed anarticle in which the several fea-f tures of. this 'invention areembodied, and 'wliich article in use attains the various objects oftheinvention and is well suited to meet the iequireinentsof practical use.

Asnniaiiy changes could be made in the above` construction, and manyVapparently `1widely different embodiments of this invene vtion could bemade without denai'tin@r from Vthe scope tnereor, it is intended thatall matter contained in the above description or shown intheaccompanying drawings shall be interprete.; as illustrative and Anot ina limiting sense.'

o Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is l. textzchart for aphonograph record,the'text on said chart appearing in'arcuate -lines'thereon, thelateraledge of said chart being arcuate along a radius correspondingubstantially to that of the movement of the stylus in playing aphonograph, the beginning of each line being near said arcuate edge,`the sizeof said text" being suoli that the beginning ofeach line thereofis substantially in registry with the phonograph stylus when playinglthecorrespoiiding partv ofthe record with'the chart correctly correlatedwith respect to the phonograph turntable.VV

2L A chart bearing appearing ini-arcuate lines, the beginning of eachline being substantially superposed over the associated record partfwhenthev chart is lcorrectly``correlated with respect .to theturntable.

i 3. Lp an arcuate record chart correlated Vwith the record to beVplayed, having an inner end tofbe supported on a rotating part of thephonograph mechanism and means support-Arr edupon the motor board forliXing the posivtion of'a ortion of the'cliart and thereb i i i lretaining-said chart against displacement.

4. Av phonograph attachment comprising a support platform having a` part-to ef;-

tend over the record to the side opposite the tone arm, said supporthaving means for Y detachablymounting a chart bearing indicationscorrelated with the record, said Yindications beinglocated at the partsof theV Vchart which: register with the corresponding' parts 'of therecord.

the text played by oi' associated ywith the subject-matter of avphonograph record, the text of said Vchart honograph V,attachmentcomprising .i 5. In a phonograph, afsupport sector resti ing on themotorboard and having apart extending horizontally across the record,`

. said sector having ,means for accurately positioning thereony a chartbearing indicia associated With the subject matter ofthe record, and in`corresponding position, whereby the stylus in its progress Will serve asa pointer indicating the subject-matter being played by the record atany instant. Y

GQ A removable phonograph attachment comprising a sector-shaped devicehaving legs sustained on the motorboard and a horizontal platform partto extend over the recr0rdsaid attachment serving for mounting a chartbearing text associated With the record vand having the commencement ofveach line thereof registering with the corresponding part ofthe record;

7. A phonograph attachment comprising a sector-shaped .device havingVlegs resting ,j on the motor board and having a platform part extendingabove the record with an apex embossed to rest upon the upper end oftheturntableshaft, said support having Y an arcuate edge to extend alongthe locus of movement of. the stylus, said support adaptedto mount acard With indicia corn relatedvvith the various parts of the recordbeing played and indicated by theV position ofthe stylus. Y

8. As an4 articleof manufacture, a, supl port'forcarrying the textassociated-,With a phonograph-record, said support comprising asector-shapedv device having friction-feet Y resting on the motorboardand havinga flat 'part extending'horizontally over the record tableshaft.

With its extremity supported on the turnk.9. As an article ofmanufacture, a

phonograph record, said support comprisingy a Lsector-shaped devicehaving friction feet resting on the motor board and having a iat partextending horizontally over the record with its extremity supported onthe turntable shaft, both of .the lateral edgesk of said support beingformed along .arcs equal'to'that of the radius of movement of the`phonograph stylus.,

10. A support for Vthe text chart vof a phonograph record, Vsaid supportcomprising a sheet metal base with legs supporting the same onthe motorboard and an auxili- J ary supporting end to rest on topV of theturntable shaft and holding means-on said support yfor retaining incorrect position relative to the record being played a chartcorresponding to said record.V

this '27th' day of DAVID TULoHIN.

sup# n port for carrying text associated with a" Signed at New York cityin the county ofl -v and State of NewV York August, A YD. 1926;

